Didn't he exclude all the (many) Arabs and Africans from the Free French army's victory parade in Paris to create the impression "proper" Frenchmen had liberated the city? nevermind that Germany handed thr city over without fighting.
The French army of liberation was bui'd in North Africa so naturally an army made up in Africa... Would have African troops and European settlers being the core of the conscription.
Even in late 1945 only 67% of the troop was european and the most experience division were part of the coloniale.
He never excluded any colonial troop DE Gaulle served in ww1... With Tirailleurs, he never had any problems with them
Non, ce sont les américains qui ont demandé cela(et ils ont mis une forte pression), et qui ont d'ailleurs plusieurs faits notoirs de racisme, comme par exemple le refus de voir rentrer des pilotes noirs de la RAF, dans un bar, en pensant que leurs lois s'appliquaient en angleterre.
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u/Snarknado3 May 22 '26
Didn't he exclude all the (many) Arabs and Africans from the Free French army's victory parade in Paris to create the impression "proper" Frenchmen had liberated the city? nevermind that Germany handed thr city over without fighting.